> this is not a really valid OpenSoured Answer, this is simply trash. You mean trash as in Terribly Restricted Answer to a Search for Help?
Or would the right answer be 'Use the source, Luke'? > Either Sap-DB _is_ OpenSource and GPL or it is not. I don't quite understand how the GPL requires ports for certain platforms. We have now released the sources to the build tools, so porting is at least feasible. I admit that it's more cumbersome than absolutely necessary. > This promises are missed today: > - CVS That's terribly late. But then, no one jumped in to feed the updates in ftp://ftp.sap.com/pub/sapdb/7.3/updates into a CVS. > - autoconf/automake 7.4 (released in source only) contains the hooks to use autoconf. Converting the platform dependent sources to use the autoconf #defines will take a while and it isn't high on our priority list. But at least porters can do the right thing by relying on autoconf. > - more Ports I'm sure we never promised that one. > Perhaps SAP should open more to the Linux/OpenSource Community. Our ability to provide services is somewhat limited by our development schedule. Daniel Dittmar -- Daniel Dittmar SAP DB, SAP Labs Berlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sapdb.org/ _______________________________________________ sapdb.general mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.sap.com/mailman/listinfo/sapdb.general
